Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- 1t is said that the Culbreath lynching
case cost the parties concerned ten thou
sand dollars, seven thousand five hundred
of which went to the lawyers.
The Gaffney Mews reports the death by
drowning of Mr.. G. J. Husky, of Spartan
burg county at Ellis Ferry, while attempt.
ing to swim across the river.
Ben. Rawls, a man twenty-five years
of age, was killed last Monday, three
miles from Lexington Court House, by a
falling limb while cutting logs below.
Mr. A. Williford, of Winnsboro, sent to
market the first bale of the new crop from
Fairfield county, which graded strict mid
ding and was sold in the Columbia mar
ket last Friday at 8 cents.
II very perceptible shock of earthquake
was felt in Charleston at about 2.45 We'd
nesday morning. Considerable excitement
was caused, people arising from their beds
and preparing for a rush into the streets.
No damage of any consequence was done.
Tom Bryant, a white man, was killed
by the mail train on the Spartanburg and
Union Railroad on Tuesday night of last
week. He was sleeping on the track
about two miles above Pacolet. Coroner
Evans held an inquest. No blame is at
tacheQ TO CQe enSlueeT.
On Wednesday afternoon, about 2.30
o'clock, Miss Eugenia McKinnie,. a young
lady of Aiken county, was killed by light
ming. She had been standing under a tree
by the side of the road, and was on her
way to the wagon when the fatal flash
came upon her and ended her life. She
was 10 years Of age.
- In the United States Circuit Court at
Greenville, last week, Jerry Rochell, COL
ored, of Union, was tried for retailing
liquor without a license. He admitted
selling whisky, but swore he wis acting as
the grand Jury that found the bill against
him. He was accordingly acquitted.
Judge Wallace, president of the Wal
lace House Association, has appointed
Isaac S. Bamberg, R. R. Hemphill, D. F.
Bradley, John w.. Woford and w. S.
Allen on the committee to make arrange
ments for the meeting of the Association
on Wednesday of the Columbia Fair next
November. A full attendance of the sur
vivors is desired.
After 26 years Governor Richardson is
about to obey a joint resolution of the leg
islature of 1861, which was endorsed and
renewed by the legislature of 49, That is
to present a gold medal as a gift of the
State to Gen. n. G. Evans, of the Confed-
crate army, for conspicuous gallantry at
Leesburg, Va, in 1864. This is the only
testimonial presented by the State to q
soldier in the late war. 1t will cost $500.
- Francis Croghan, a we'll known white
citizen who lived alone at an out of the
way place above the city boundary line of
Charleston, was found Tuesday morning
brutally murdered and robbed by un-
known parties. A load of buckshot enter
ed his left side from behind, and it is pre-
sumed that the assassin fired at his victim
through an open window. There is no
clue as to the perpetrators of the deed.
THE TRADE OUTLooK.-The New York
World prints interviews with a large
number of merchants Of that city, and
summarizes the results as follows: "The
fall trade has opened briskly in all the
leading lines and with promise of better
business than for many seasons. The
southern demand is unusually large, ow-
ing to good crops. The demand is good
from the west and northwest, but not so
large as it would be but for droughts in
localities. Collections have been ex-
ceptionally good. Opinions as to the effect
of the Interstate commerce law are d.
vided.
THE"ADvoCATEoF SALooNs."-Speak-
ing of Jeff. Davis letter against prohibit
ton, Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi,
says: II did hope that his stormy life
would have a peaceful close; that his sun
would 60 down without a fleck of cloud in
the sky but that unfortunate utterance
will obscure the radiance Of his eventide
and leave a shadow upon his memory.
How sad that the last words of a soldier,
sage and Christian, should become the
of the saloons.D